financial

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced plans to simplify the mortgage paperwork that has long confused potential homebuyers. “The current forms can be complicated and difficult for consumers to use. They are also redundant and can be costly … Continue reading →

We received a fascinating email in response to last week’s installment of Tuesday’s Tool$, an online ‘game’ called “Spent.” Yan wrote: That wasn’t a game, that was more like a questionnaire. (Note: I live in Asia) I still have little … Continue reading →

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was as urbane and well-mannered an interviewee as ever you’ll meet. Sensible and clear, as in a NewsHour interview during the heat of the Crash of ’08. Candid, as in another interview, one I did with him a … Continue reading →

Here’s an online “game” found for us by one of our most trusted advisors, Boston University Finance Professor Zvi Bodie. It gives a sense of what it means to be poor in America these days. Eye-opening, if dispiriting:

Editor’s Note: Today we hand over question-and-answer duties to Charles Ferguson, former MIT academic and dot.com entrepreneur who is now a documentary filmmaker, and created the Academy Award-winning analysis of the Crash of ’08, ‘Inside Job.’ Last week, we aired … Continue reading →

Name: Chris Curry Question: The Bureau of the Public Debt sent a letter to account holders of Legacy Treasury Direct notifying them that the program was being phased out (in favor of the online TreasuryDirect system) beginning May 1, 2011. … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: Producer and director Charles Ferguson won an Academy Award this year for “Inside Job,” his documentary about the financial crisis. On Wednesday night’s broadcast, we spoke with Ferguson about one of the major focuses of the film: alleged … Continue reading →

Producer and director Charles Ferguson won an Academy Award earlier this year for “Inside Job”, his documentary about the financial crisis. On Wednesday night’s broadcast we’ll speak to Ferguson about one of the major focuses of the film: alleged conflicts … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: This week President Obama has been crisscrossing the country, selling his budget plan to the American people. Meanwhile, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has been pitching his budget proposal to constituents in Wisconsin. We wanted to take a step … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: This week President Obama has been crisscrossing the country selling his budget plan to the American people. Meanwhile, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has been pitching his budget proposal to constituents in Wisconsin. We wanted to take a step … Continue reading →